Early European Explorers of Asia, 334 BC–1729

Description: A map of Asia showing the routes of exploration and points reached (with dates) in the region by various Europeans from the campaign of Alexander the Great to the Indus River (334–326 BC), Marco Polo to Cathay (1271–1295), Vasco da Gamma to Calicut, India (1498), and Ferdinand Magellan (1521). Various locations are indicated by the explorer's name and date reached (Vitus Bering, 1741), dates of foreign occupation and settlement (Formosa, Occupied by Dutch 1635), and routes of less well-known explorers (Rubruk, 1253). This map is color-coded to show the areas explored by the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and Russians. Place Names: A Complete Map of Asia, Siberia, Tartary, China, Manchu, Tibet, India, Persia, Arabia, Turkesta ISO Topic Categories: society Keywords: Early European Explorers of Asia, political, historical, society, Unknown, 334 BC–1729Source: Ernest Rhys, Ed., A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & CO., 1912) 14Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman